Information on the National Database "South Africa"

The National Database "South Africa" consists of 1,572 haplotypes (at least minimal) which were published in 4 population studies and were additionally submitted via personal communication (1 submission) .

Most common haplotypes

Count DYS19 DYS389I DYS389II DYS390 DYS391 DYS392 DYS393 DYS385
57 14 12 28 26 10 11 13 15,20
31 14 13 29 24 11 13 13 11,14
26 15 14 32 21 10 11 13 15,16
24 15 14 32 24 10 11 13 11,11
23 15 14 30 21 10 11 13 15,17
18 16 13 31 21 10 11 13 16,17
17 16 14 31 21 10 11 15 16,20
16 14 13 29 24 10 13 13 11,14
14 14 13 29 23 11 13 13 11,14
13 16 14 32 24 10 11 13 11,11
Count DYS391 DYS389I DYS439 DYS389II DYS438 DYS437 DYS19 DYS392 DYS393 DYS390 DYS385
36 10 12 11 28 11 14 14 11 13 26 15,20
12 10 14 12 30 11 14 15 11 13 21 15,17
9 10 14 12 31 11 14 16 11 15 21 16,20
8 10 13 12 31 12 14 16 11 13 21 16,17
8 10 14 12 32 10 14 15 11 13 24 11,11
8 10 14 12 32 11 14 15 11 13 21 15,16
7 10 14 12 31 11 14 16 11 15 21 17,20
5 10 12 11 28 11 14 14 11 13 25 15,20
5 10 14 11 32 11 14 15 11 13 21 15,16
5 10 14 12 31 11 14 16 11 15 21 17,21
Count DYS456 DYS389I DYS390 DYS389II DYS458 DYS19 DYS385 DYS393 DYS391 DYS439 DYS635 DYS392 YGATAH4 DYS437 DYS438 DYS448
21 15 12 26 28 18 14 15,20 13 10 11 24 11 11 14 11 19
11 15 14 21 30 17 15 15,17 13 10 12 21 11 12 14 11 21
9 15 14 21 31 16 16 16,20 15 10 12 21 11 11 14 11 21
6 15 14 21 31 16 16 17,20 15 10 12 21 11 11 14 11 21
5 15 13 21 31 17 16 16,17 13 10 12 21 11 12 14 12 20
4 15 14 21 31 16 16 17,21 15 10 12 21 11 11 14 11 21
3 13 14 24 32 17 15 11,11 13 10 12 17 11 13 14 10 23
3 15 12 25 28 18 14 15,20 13 10 11 24 11 11 14 11 19
3 15 13 21 30 16 16 16,18 15 10 12 21 12 11 14 11 21
3 15 14 21 32 17 15 15,16 13 10 12 21 11 12 14 11 21
Count DYS576 DYS389I DYS448 DYS389II DYS19 DYS391 DYS481 DYS549 DYS533 DYS438 DYS437 DYS570 DYS635 DYS390 DYS439 DYS392 DYS643 DYS393 DYS458 DYS385 DYS456 YGATAH4
10 15 12 19 28 14 10 25 13 12 11 14 18 24 26 11 11 11 13 18 15,20 15 11
9 15 14 21 30 15 10 26 12 11 11 14 19 21 21 12 11 15 13 17 15,17 15 12
8 17 14 21 31 16 10 27 11 11 11 14 18 21 21 12 11 13 15 16 16,20 15 11
4 15 12 19 28 14 10 25 12 12 11 14 18 24 26 11 11 11 13 18 15,20 15 11
2 14 12 21 30 15 10 28 11 11 11 14 20 21 21 11 11 14 13 16 17,18 15 12
2 15 12 19 28 14 10 26 13 12 11 14 18 24 25 11 11 11 13 18 15,20 15 11
2 15 14 20 32 15 10 26 11 11 11 14 20 21 21 11 11 15 13 17 15,16 15 13
2 15 14 21 32 15 10 26 11 11 11 14 21 21 21 12 11 15 13 18 15,16 15 12
2 16 12 19 28 14 10 25 12 12 11 14 18 24 26 11 11 11 13 18 15,20 15 11
2 16 13 21 30 16 10 26 11 11 11 14 17 21 21 12 12 13 15 16 16,18 15 11

 There are no Y27 haplotypes or all haplotypes are singletons.

 There are no Ymax haplotypes or all haplotypes are singletons.

Population studies

  • Leat N., Benjeddou M. and Davison S. (2004), 'Nine-locus Y-chromosome STR profiling of Caucasian and Xhosa populations from Cape Town, South Africa.', Forensic Sci Int 144(1):73-5 [PubMed] [DOI]
  • Leat N., Ehrenreich L., Benjeddou M., Cloete K. and Davison S. (2007), 'Properties of novel and widely studied Y-STR loci in three South African populations.', Forensic Sci Int 168(2-3):154-61 [PubMed] [DOI]
  • Xu H., Wang CC., Shrestha R., Wang LX., Zhang M., He Y., Kidd JR., Kidd KK., Jin L. and Li H. (2015), 'Inferring population structure and demographic history using Y‐STR data from worldwide populations', Mol Genet Genomics 290(1):141-50 [DOI]
  • Reid KM. and Heathfield LJ. (2020), 'Allele frequency data for 23 Y-chromosome short tandem repeats (STRs) for the South African population', For Sci Int Genet 46:102270 [DOI]

Personal communication

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